Cruise
Well-Known Member
Well, I don't even know where to start with this one. Ah yes, take it from the top. I'll keep it brief and to the point:
So, I'm flying with a 'kid' this month (JUST turned 21) who thinks he is God's gift to women. He has one thing to talk about while flying.....that's women. How many he is currently dating, how many he's slept with, how many he wants to sleep with, how many want to sleep with him, how he picks them up, etc.... I could keep going with that.
He is, by no means, an attractive guy....but he does have the ability to talk to women. Nevertheless, enough already. I DON'T CARE!
In an effort to talk about 'anything' else. I start a conversation about our upcoming vote for representation this Aug. and ask him how he voted this past year. He tells me he didn't vote, not because he doesn't want a union.....he told me he didn't care.
Perplexed, I asked him how it is he doesn't care about his career and the industry. His reply: this isn't his career. He doesn't plan on staying here very long. I said don't say anything when management starts imposing their will upon the pilot group.
At this point, I'm starting to get aggravated. Ok, let me get this straight, you didn't vote because this isn't your career and you don't care. Hmmm, ok, got it. So I ask him if he understood what happens at one airline, affects all airlines. After a little explaining, he gets that point...supposedly. Unfortunately, being 21 and knowing 'everything' he still isn't planning on voting for the union in '08 because he's not changing his mind about this company not being 'his career.'
Oh, this isn't over yet......now comes the kicker......
So, I ask if this isn't your career, where are you planning on going. His answer, SkyBus.....he needs Airbus time so he can get a job at Emirates. I tell him about SkyBus being a bottom-feeder and how company's like them bring the entire industry down. His answer.....so what! He said, his words not mine, I don't care about anyone else, this is what he needs to do to further his career. At this point, I wanted to reach for the crash ax and just bash his head in. I told him we needed to stop talking right now or my head was going to explode.
So I ask him what he's doing over our 4-days off this week. Surprise, he's going to Cancun to pick up women and bang as many as he can.........OMG, get me out of here.
This is yet another reason why kids don't belong up front in transport aircraft. Go and get life experience, then come talk to me. And to think I am flying w/ this person the entire month of January.
So, I'm flying with a 'kid' this month (JUST turned 21) who thinks he is God's gift to women. He has one thing to talk about while flying.....that's women. How many he is currently dating, how many he's slept with, how many he wants to sleep with, how many want to sleep with him, how he picks them up, etc.... I could keep going with that.

In an effort to talk about 'anything' else. I start a conversation about our upcoming vote for representation this Aug. and ask him how he voted this past year. He tells me he didn't vote, not because he doesn't want a union.....he told me he didn't care.
Perplexed, I asked him how it is he doesn't care about his career and the industry. His reply: this isn't his career. He doesn't plan on staying here very long. I said don't say anything when management starts imposing their will upon the pilot group.
At this point, I'm starting to get aggravated. Ok, let me get this straight, you didn't vote because this isn't your career and you don't care. Hmmm, ok, got it. So I ask him if he understood what happens at one airline, affects all airlines. After a little explaining, he gets that point...supposedly. Unfortunately, being 21 and knowing 'everything' he still isn't planning on voting for the union in '08 because he's not changing his mind about this company not being 'his career.'
Oh, this isn't over yet......now comes the kicker......
So, I ask if this isn't your career, where are you planning on going. His answer, SkyBus.....he needs Airbus time so he can get a job at Emirates. I tell him about SkyBus being a bottom-feeder and how company's like them bring the entire industry down. His answer.....so what! He said, his words not mine, I don't care about anyone else, this is what he needs to do to further his career. At this point, I wanted to reach for the crash ax and just bash his head in. I told him we needed to stop talking right now or my head was going to explode.

So I ask him what he's doing over our 4-days off this week. Surprise, he's going to Cancun to pick up women and bang as many as he can.........OMG, get me out of here.
This is yet another reason why kids don't belong up front in transport aircraft. Go and get life experience, then come talk to me. And to think I am flying w/ this person the entire month of January.